2019.IE8.5

Background

The Update on Flood Mitigation and Damage Repair for Toronto's Waterfront and Toronto Island Park report addresses City Council's request for an update on the Toronto Islands Flood Characterization and Risk Assessment Project, which aims to assist the City and TRCA in planning for future flooding through "flood characterization, flood risk assessment, and flood mapping." It also updates on repairs and mitigation efforts from 2017 and 2018 weather events and provides a preliminary assessment of the 2019 high lake effect.

Source: City of Toronto

Item Description

City Council on October 29 and 30, 2019, requested the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to "identify and provide a list of all waterfront properties that have been subject to flooding" and options to address impacts, including a complaint process framework. Additionally, they requested the General Manager, Toronto Water to report with a new formula for modifying the cost per benefiting property threshold for basement flooding protection programs by the first quarter of 2020.

Source: City of Toronto

Proposed by

Infrastructure and Environment Committee